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The Fastest Way to Lose a Court Case? Use ChatGPT


Burnout and heavy workloads are driving lawyers to AI—and into trouble

(baona / iStock / The Met / The Friedsam Collection)On December 6, 2023, Chong Ke, a Vancouver lawyer at Westside Family Law, filed a notice of application in court for a client who was asking for more access to his kids. “As soon as ChatGPT was making headlines, we started seeing these stories about fake cases cited in court,” says Amy Salyzyn, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa law school who specializes in legal ethics and technology. Canlii, a popular free legal research website in Canada, has seen the trend toward the public using AI and started rolling out its own generative tool last year.

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